Mesothelioma - Know All About Stages

Mesothelioma

The stage of a cancer is a descriptor (usually numbers I to IV) of how much the cancer has spread.

The stage often takes into account the size of a tumor, how deep it has penetrated, whether it has invaded adjacent organs, if and how many lymph nodes it has metastasized to, and whether it has spread to distant organs.

Staging of cancer is important because the stage at diagnosis is the biggest predictor of survival, and treatments are often changed based on the stage.